Course Syllabus

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Tools for the 21st Century Teacher Learning Team(15 contact hours required)


Each 3 hour session will consist of 2 hours of discussions and sharing. The final hour of each session will be used for exploration of new tools and applications discussed earlier in the session and time to begin work on assignments/projects.



Large group activities / Individual Activities (in sub-bullets)

View and discuss various social bookmarking sites.

    • Create a social bookmarking account, selecting from Delicious, Diggo, Symbaloo, or another approved social bookmarking site (2 points)

    • Save at least 2 educational websites to your bookmarking site that are related to your content area or other educational interest;



Discuss various PLNs (personal learning networks); their purpose and benefits to teachers’ professional development and extended learning.

    • Join a PLN; e.g. http://classroom20.com, Educator’s PLN - http://edupln.ning.com/ or other approved PLN (2 points).

    • Lead a discussion about 2 articles of interest gained from your PLN that relates to our learning team topics. Post the titles and article hyperllinks on this wiki's PLN page along with your initials. (3 points for each article discussed. 6 points total).



Examine and discuss the power of Skype in the classroom.

    • Create a Skype account.(2 points).

    • Share the Skype username with other members of the learning team by posting your username to this wiki's Skype page.

    • Using your PLN, Skype Classroom, or other approved sources create a list educators/professionals/experts with whom you or your class might skype (put contact list on the Wiki/Google Sites Resource Center as related to the unit of study’s essential outcomes. (See Wiki rubric).



Discuss the value of blogs in education.

    • Participants will find 2 blogs relevant to their content area.

    • Follow the blog throughout the course of the learning team and review recent archived entries.

    • Participants will share content and ideas gained from the blogs that they find helpful to their professional learning and content area.(3 points for each blog discussed; 6 points total).

    • Add the 2 blogs’ titles and hyperlinks to your Wiki Resource Center AND to the blog page on this wiki. (See Wiki rubric).



Share information about a variety of educational Web2.0 tools, Discuss ideas for using the tool in the classroom and how they can enhance student learning.

    • Time to explore various Web2.0 tools (See attached Web2.0 list of recommended tools.)

    • Find 2 online educational best-practice articles and/or websites to share with the class that relate to a Web2.0 tool discussed in class. Add the article title and hyperlinks to the Web2.0 page of this wiki, along with your initials. (2 points for each article; 4 points total)



Discuss various Web2.0 tools assessment rubrics.

    • If you discover good assessment rubrics for Web2.0 tools that are not already listed on this wiki please post the web link on this wiki's assessment rubrics page.


Discuss the various ways wikis or Google Sites can be used as a collaborative tool; (ie, compiling information, as repositories for meeting notes, agenda items contributed before a meeting; notes added during a meeting that are saved in a public archive, etc.


View examples of educational wikis and discuss ideas for using them in the participants’ content areas.

    • Create an online resource center for your classroom using a wiki or Google Sites or another approved web tool. Teachers in related content areas may collaborate with each other to create one online resource center that would benefit all involved; ie, secondary science teachers. (See attached wiki rubric.24 points per participant. Each participant must submit the same number of required wiki resources.)

    • Create a minimum of three pages that relate to the topic of your Wiki. Find and link at least 4 high-interest resources for each page; such as content-specific glogs, prezis, wikis, blogs, websites and other approved resources. (See wiki rubric)

    • Include a description and hyperlink for each resource to the Wiki Resource Center. (See wiki rubric)



Discuss the value of integrating technology and Web2.0 tools into lesson plans as it contrasts to past practice.

    • Create/revise 4 lesson plans relative to the participants’ content areas and include the use of a Web2.0 tool discussed in class- (20points)

    • Complete the planning form for each of the 4 lessons.

    • Rubrics for specific Web2.0 tools will be provided.

    • Participants will lead a discussion about their lesson plans with emphasis on how the integrated Web tool will enhance student learning.



AEA Requirements/Participation - (24 points. See AEA Team Participation and Reaction/Reflection Grading Rubric)

Learning Team Reaction Reflection Assignment.docx


GRADING SCALE: A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 70-79 F =Below 70